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RULES AND TERMS

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is open to experimental films as well as films that demonstrate a high regard for the moving image as an experimental art form, no matter the genre. Each year the AAFF selects 100-145 shorts and features for exhibition in the awards competition portion of the festival.

Films previously submitted may not be re-entered unless there has been a significant change to the edit. Later versions of a film may be reviewed and/or selected at the programmer's discretion.
Short and feature-length entries are accepted.
Short films run no longer than 60 minutes. Feature films run 60 minutes or more.
Entries not in English should have English subtitles.
Works in progress may be submitted, but are juried in the same pool as all other submissions.
Work must be contemporary - completed within the last three years.
Entry fees are per film entered, and must accompany the entry form for confirmation. Entry fees are non-refundable.
Make checks and money orders payable to the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
The Ann Arbor Film Festival does not give waivers or discounts.
Entries are accepted via secure online screening and 16mm only. We do not accept DVD, VHS or video data files for screening purposes.
16MM
- If you would like the festival to preview a 16mm print of your film, please contact the festival directly at submissions@aafilmfest.org to make arrangements.

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AAFF SHORTS @ TOP OF THE PARK III

It's your last chance to catch AAFF shorts at Top of the Park!

This week we will screen two animated films from the 49th Festival, Accumulonimbus from Brooklyn, New York and from Tokyo, Japan we'll present The Mechanism of Spring.

Accumulonimbus

Andy Kennedy

(Brooklyn, NY) 2010

5 minutes

Natural and man-made objects on a spin cycle accumulate, disintegrate, and multiply. Created by stop motion animating clay on glass, this independent film is a meditation on motion and the life cycle of matter.

The Mechanism of Spring

Atsushi Wada

(Tokyo, Japan) 2010

4 minutes

An expression of the itchy feelings everyone experiences when Spring comes. -AW

AAFF SHORTS @ TOP OF THE PARK III

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